4 Steps to Business Analysis Certification

Business analysis is a rapidly growing field, and many professionals wonder ‘how do I become certified’? Or how to become a business analyst? Certified business analysis professionals are in-demand. Certifications from the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®) and others are globally recognized and help grow your career in business analysis. From entry-level to the more advanced CBAP, and even specialized areas like cybersecurity, certification in business analysis are worth getting to maximize your BA career potential. There are many portals through which you can get CBAP certification after completing training.

Step 1:

Choose Your Certification

The core certification program consists of three levels, ECBA™, CCBA®, and CBAP® spanning from entry-level knowledge to expert-level of business analysis. Determine which level matches your interest, experience, and career goals to see which certification is best for you.

Once you choose your certification, these certifications require professional development hours and other goals to be logged before you can register for the exam.

Select the badge below for more details on each individual certification or browse all certifications.

Step 2:

Learn About Your Certification Exam

Before you start preparing for your business analysis certification, ensure you understand the basics of what’s on the exam. Review the exam competencies, exam blueprint, and sample questions to see what’s covered and the type of questions that will be asked. While the same exact questions will not be on your exam, these sample questions will give you an understanding of what to expect on the certification exam.

Be sure to check out the exam information page for guidelines on all our certification exams and click on the certification badge below for each of the exam blueprints and sample questions.

Step 3:

Begin Preparing for Your Exam

Review the standards or bodies of knowledge that align with your certification.

IIBA endorses training providers globally to support the ongoing professional development of business analysis professionals. All CBaP endorsed training is aligned with best-practice standards including the Guide for our core certifications and these providers offer comprehensive courses designed to prepare you for your certification exam.

Step 4:

When you have acquired the skills and knowledge required for your desired certification, it’s time to take the exam. For the core certifications, start by paying the application and exam fees. For the specialized certifications just purchase the exam fee to get started. Then, you will begin the process of registering and scheduling your exam.

Congratulations!

You Are Now Certified.

You did it! You earned your business analysis certification! You have joined a community of more than 16,000 business analysis professionals worldwide. You’ve achieved a globally recognized certification that will help you advance in your business analysis career.

Now, it’s time to show the world you mean business. Showcase your expertise with your digital badge. Share and validate your certification achievements digitally your social media platforms and more!

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Develop Your Business Analysis Career

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Business Analysis Specialization

Business analysis professionals come from many different backgrounds and fulfill different needs to deliver the best business outcome for their organization. Find the resources you need for best practices and specializations relevant to business analysis in today’s transformative world.

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Danish Siddiqui: A photojournalist who lost his life in Afghanistan

“While I enjoy covering news stories – from business to politics to sports – what I enjoy most is capturing the human face of a breaking story.”

Danish Siddiqui was born on 19^th May 1983 back in New Delhi and then went on to pursue his post-graduation in Mass Communication at A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia. He was married to Rike(german nationalist) and had two children.

He had covered a plethora of stories and events after joining Reuters in 2010. Some of his exemplary work include the Battle of Mosul, the Rohingya Refugee Crisis and the Delhi riots of 2020. Not to forget the ‘one picture’ that shook the entire world of the mass cremation in India. His work had life and meaning in them. And to a great extent, this was what he had hoped for.

“I shoot for the common man who wants to see and feel a story from a place where he can’t be present himself.”

His heart and mind were always set on his mission and thus helped him achieve his objective.

He served as an embedded journalist with Afghan Special Forces to document the Taliban offensive in 2021. This was supposedly his last mission as he was killed while on the assignment covering the conflict between Afghan and Taliban when he was ambushed near the border of Pakistan. It is unclear about the death of others present.

In 2018 he was the first Indian to with the Pulitzer Prize in feature photography alongside Adan Abidi and few others. They were credited for their work in documenting the violence faced by Myanmar’s Rohingya community.

MOM – THE DIVINE SOUL!!!

Have anyone seen God in person? I think many of us would answer, No. But the right thing is everyone is seeing God daily in face of our mother. Yes, she is a unique gift, God had given to us. Am I right, now? In precise, she is the world’s precious gift which God have given to us. The feeling which we get when we are with our mother is the true divine feel that can be felt when we pray to God. None of us might say, I don’t like my mother, right? I can answer this myself. No one would say, I don’t like my mother. Though we don’t say anything to her, should would find what happened to us. And ask us what had happened. This is the divine feel of motherhood. Have you ever thought how things are hard to your mother?

The happiest feeling in this world is that a girl is carrying an another life in her. Yes, that feel cannot be bought buy money. Do you know how happy a mother would be when she is carrying her child in her uterus? Eventhough, she doesn’t know whether you are a boy or a girl, she had began to love you already. The only soul who loved you since the day you began to grow in her belly, is definitely your mother. She cannot eat the food she likes, or to lead her normal life. She lives in a dream world while she is carrying you. A survey says that the pain of childbirth is equal to jumping from the highest palce and even it is equal to the crushing of all the bones in your body. The pain we say that I was cheated by someone, hurt by someone, etc., can we say this pain is equal to the pain your mother endured during your birth? No. This labor pain cannot be expressed in words. A mother risk her life to give birth to her child and let him/her see this beautiful world. Everyone in the world can be selfish, greedy and picky but not our mom. She has never been greedy or selfish because she had you. After birth, she gives her blood as milk that’s been the food to us. No matter whatever heights we reach and whatever we do, this life and body is given by her. A mother would do anything to make her child feel happy and secure.

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No matter how tired she is or how sick she is, the first word come from her mouth would be have you eaten? This shows that nothing matters more than you. Do you know how late she sleep and how early she wake up? Many don’t know, because they haven’t noted this! The next thing is giving the things that we want. If you want anything to eat, without any hesitation she make and give you, right? She doesn’t care whether she likes it or not!. She just want us to be happy and healthy. Sometimes, she used to eat the leftovers and sleep with a half-filled stomach. Mother is the one who teach us what is good and what is wrong in everything. She will correct the mistakes that we make.

After marriage, all the girls, you would be able to feel that motherhood is a gift to us. Yes, motherhood is the unique gift given by god to us. We feel sorry for the child without a mother and a mother without a child. Motherhood is same for everyone. Even the sterile women have the feeling of motherhood. So, stop judging women by their fertile or sterile nature. Let me ask you a quuestion. If your mother has gone out in the morning and haven’t been back to home for a day what would you do? Obivously, you would search for her right. This shows how you love your mother and how the bond between you two is! Think about a child without mother? Not having a mother is the only thing they would regret throughout their life. I hope you would have understood how mother is important in your life!

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Don’t hurt or scold or argue with your mother for some silly things and don’t make her feel upset about it. Because there are children longing for mother’s love. Cherish this wonderful gift, God have given to you. Cherish your mom as high as you can. At last, Mom-the divine soul, this title suits this article right? God is in the face of your mother. Make you mother feel happy for you. Spare some time, talk to her. This would be the great gift that you give her.

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Is education too commercialized nowadays?

Generally speaking, the level at which education is converted from services to businesses nowadays is a growing concern for society. Education can only be deduced to be way too commercialized by considering the pons and cons of its commercialization. Of course, education is way too much commercialized nowadays. Higher institutions nowadays see imparting knowledge as a means for economic ends(returns). Before further discussions, let’s take a glance at what “education” and “commercialization” are.

What is Education?

Education is the process of imparting, receiving or acquiring knowledge, skills, or ideas either formally or informally.

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Commercialization in ordinary parlance simply means the application of the business methodology in any activity with an expectation of economic return. Commercialization of education refers to when an act of imparting, learning, and acquiring knowledge is perceived as a way of creating an enterprise to attain economic ends or returns(profit).

Naturally, education should be seen as a way of disseminating knowledge that will constitute job creation rather than to be seen as a mechanism for procuring a better standard of living by acquiring economic return. The commercialization of education has a serious effect that is so vague that it goes on undetected and one of its worrying aspects is that the interest of youths and the kind of education that brings out their full capability and potential is sidelined. Also, the global commercialization strategy of higher education has resulted in the creation of serious competition between the fruit-bearing capacities of education as opposed to its light-bearing quality. This adds to the notion that students are consumers of service for a very specific apparent purpose which is to gain access to a well-paying job hence, attain a high standard of living.

Furthermore, knowledge should be imparted to those who find it based on free will to promote the level of education in society rather than being used as a way of exploiting students by commercializing education to earn an economic return as it is done nowadays. Also, the fact that institutions and students both lives in a commercialized world nowadays makes every degree of teachings and learning no matter how small it is, valued based only on monetary terms instead of being valued on psychology term. That is the level of understanding.

Government should intervene by taking into consideration things that are yet to be done presently rather than doing things that have been laid hands on already thereby correcting the deficiencies of anomalies. They should carefully plan, improve financing and establish an empowering policy structure to make higher education equitable, accessible, and qualitative hence, redefining the role of the state in higher education.

The main reasons for the commercialization of education:-

1. Increasing population

Due to the increasing population in our country, the government is failing to accommodate the education of such a large number of people. This has led to the setting up of various private institutions.

2.The Mindest of People

It is the most common misconception among people is that good education is costly so most of them often prefer private schools and colleges over the government.

3.Better Facilities

The private institutes provide better facilities than the government institutes.

To conclude I would say education is also often portrayed as the method through which an individual can achieve success. Hence, there has been a rise in the demand for proper education. Because of this reason and a number of other reasons, education has started to become more commercialized. There are a number of ways through which education is commercialized these days. And some of those methods include setting up private schools, universities, coaching centers, and learning centers.

Do Love always give pain?

Everyone says that love hurts. Indeed , this saying is true. Loneliness hurts, rejection is a pain and losing someone is truly depressing.
In reality though, love is the only thing that could cover up all these suffering and make us feel whole again, but you’re scared to love again because you think it is going to hurt as you associate love with pain.

Marxist reading of Franz Kafka’s A Hunger Artist

Franz Kafka, novelist and short story writer, is known for his often absurd, puzzling and parable-like writing style. Often described as kafkaesque, his writings leave readers on a never ending quest for underlying meanings that he might have intended to convey. In his short story A Hunger Artist, he leaves similar suggestions, that points to a broader picture of the unjust world he tries to portray through his novels. With the protagonist starving himself to earn a living and to believe that his suffering is an art that he is conditioned to do, stands as a silent validation to the socialist society that demarcates duties and lifestyles and pushes mankind to the two extremes of a spectrum. Marxist literary theory, a conflict theory that states that there exists a constant conflict in the society, between its two layers, the bourgeoisie and the proletariats or between the rich and the poor. This will be the perfect lens that we can adopt inorder to analyse Kafka’s work.

The story revolves around the central character, the hunger artist; a typical representative of the proletarians, starves himself inside a cage so as to entertain his spectators. This enclosed act wherein the protagonist confines himself in a cage and voluntarily starves himself under the authority of an impresario projects the image of a capitalist superpower exerting power, and the working class falling prey to the authoritative superior. The hunger artist sees his life as a performance that he is addicted to, he starves himself for his act. The extreme nature of the act shows how a particular strata of the society is forced to engage in gruesome tasks so as to sustain oneself. This portrays a typical capitalist society that makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. The rich exert their power over the working class, only with exploitative outcomes in mind. They reduce the workers into hands that mend money and get their work done. This causes a kind of alienation in such workers. This can be seen when the impresario, treats the hunger artist well on the fortieth day where he is forced to end his fast, the impresario has realized that after forty days the crowd starts to lose interest on the fasting muse, hence he takes away the artists right to fast even when he wishes to do so. Here we see how the artist fails to realise that the goal of his act is only to amaze the spectators which in turn make the impresario rich, he fails to realise this destiny of his act and only concentrates on the brief part he has to play in the big process of earning money for the impresario. The hunger artist, once his profession is no longer trendy, is left with no other work option; another striking feature of capitalism that makes the workers de-skilled leaving them incapable of doing anything other than the small part that they are conditioned to do. This small part that they do mechanically diminishes their status in the work chain, which eventually happens to the artist as well. When moved to a new working environment of the circus, with no profound change in the revenue he was creating, the artist is once again lost. He is forgotten and is later on discovered in a haystack minutes before he dies.

Here the cage that he is enclosed in constantly, can be seen as the capitalist box of entertainment, it confines the struggles and hardships of the working class and projects it as an entertainment for the bourgeoisie. It also shows the clear demarcation between the two classes existent in the society. The hunger artist stands as the metaphor for the struggling proletarians and the story is the most realistic portrayal of the existing class wars.

Which Trading is Better?

Want to trade? Stuck choosing between online and offline? You have come the right way. We are here to help you through your decision for trading online or offline. First, you should know the basics of trading. Then we will guide you through some points stating differences between online and offline trading.

Before the age of the internet, trading was carried out by stockbrokers. They dealt with the work of buying and selling equities on behalf of their clients. But the internet made this process a lot easier and faster. Today, both online and offline share trading is prevalent around the world.

To understand more clearly, let us tell you something about Forex trading.

What is Forex Trading?

Forex trading or better known as foreign exchange trading is multipurpose trading carried out around the world. It can be explained as a network of various types of buyers and sellers willing to transfer currency between each other at an agreed price.

Forex trading or any other type of trading can be carried out by individuals, organizations, companies, and central banks. They convert currency into one another and transfer the same. The amount of currency they convert daily causes price movements across many countries around the globe.

Now let’s see some differences between online and offline trading.

Differences between online and offline trading

Ease of trade

Online trading is usually done individually and the person makes all the transactions for himself without any guidance. Also, online trading can be done with any device provided by the internet. Here all you need is the internet so it is less expensive.

Whereas in offline trading all the transactions are carried out by the broker. And the individual has to approach the broker and contact him by going to his office. This also makes offline trading more expensive.

Convenience

Convenience is the most important factor to be considered when doing absolutely anything. Similarly, online or offline trading services should be selected based on the convenience of the individual.

Lack of the internet can be a problem for those who prefer online trading. But if you have a mobile and full-time internet then your best option is online trading. But for people who prefer regular guidance, should go for offline trading.

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Security

In terms of security, online trading is much more secure than offline trading as in online mode, the individual has complete control over the transactions to be made.

In offline trading, the transactions are in the hands of the broker. They carry out the transactions on behalf of the client without any knowledge.

Another advantage of online trading is that the traders can check their tax, brokerage, and other statements. But in offline trading, the broker can easily manipulate the trader.

Real-time information

While trading, the trader needs to keep track of the real-time information. So again online trading has the ball in its court. It is a huge benefit of online trading that all the real-time information is displayed on the trader’s screen. He can have access to updates on any crashes in the stock market.

Whereas in the case of offline trading, the trader can’t keep track regularly as the market keeps updating every second.

Trading fees

In online trading, the client executes the trade themselves so there is no need for middlemen. This reduces the trading fees to almost negligible in online mode.

Whereas in offline trading there is more than one person involved in the process which increases the trading fees significantly.

Guidance

Guidance is necessary during trading. So in online trading, the trader can surf the internet for various expert comments and suggestions.

Whereas in the side of offline trading, the trader has no other option but to depend on the broker’s word for everything.

Platform

It is a huge advantage of online trading that it has all the things under one umbrella. The trader can find everything on a single platform. No need to search here and there. Plus, the broker houses make sure they upload all the necessary things on their site.

Whereas in offline trading, the trader needs to do independent research about everything, before asking the broker to trade.

Quality of service

In online trading, the trader can access detailed reports of trends in the market and can have all information regarding stocks and orders.

Whereas in offline trading, the trader should trust the broker for all information.

Flexibility

With online trading, getting the order at the right time has become easier. All broker houses provide a trading platform like their website or app. There the trader can execute buying and selling of orders and make transactions.

Whereas in offline trading, the trader needs to go to the broker’s office or carry out the trade on call. This is tiresome and inconvenient to almost everyone nowadays because of the busy schedule.

Fraud

Online trading provides the trader with full control over their trades and transactions.

But in offline trading, clients have to take the broker on his word. This sometimes leads to mistakes and cases of fraud.

Now you can easily start trading without depending on anyone for information and all the necessary transactions. Clearly, online trading won the battle online Vs offline. Hope you make the right choice. Happy trading!

What is Web Hosting? It&#39;s Features, Types! Web Server

Have you ever heard of the term ‘Web Hosting’? Well, I am 99% sure that you heard of the term ‘Hosting’. Web Hosting is different from Hosting. Hosting a show, Webinar, etc. is different from Web Hosting. In Web Hosting, there is no host. As the term suggests, Web Hosting is somewhere related to the Web. So, many of you guess that the term ‘web’ is also included in the keyword ‘Webinar’, then how is it different from it? You are guessing wrong. Let me clarify to you.

Web Hosting is an online service that permits you to host or publish your website, store, etc. on a specific Web Server. The website which you are reading currently is also somewhere hosted on the planet. When you buy a Web Hosting, the hosting provider rents you some space on the server or rents you the full server according to your requirements & budget, where you can store all your crucial files & data of your website.

What Exactly is a Server?

A server is a computer that is responsible for the communication of the web user’s browsers to your site from anywhere on the planet.

When the client’s computer requests website data from the server, it delivers the website data such as text, images, videos & website data (like HTML, Databases, etc.). The web server communicates with the web browser using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The Web Hosting provider is responsible for the maintenance & uptime of the server.

But don’t you think that there is an address of the website, through which the user connects to the server. Yes, there is an address of your website, which is labelled as Domain. Ex- https://google.com , https://www.edupediapublications.org , etc. If you don’t host your website on a domain, then your website address is in the form of an IP address. The user has to enter the IP address in the browser to connect to your website. The IP address is hard to remember, that’s why we used the domain as a website address.

If you don’t know much about Domains, then you can read our other articles –

What Is a TLD? Top-Level Domains Explained

How To Buy A Domain Name: Domain Registration Guide

What are the basic features included in Web Hosting?

1. DISK SPACE –

A disk space, which is also known as web space, refers to the amount of space aligned by the Web Hosting provider to the buyer. The buyer can store all website data such as code, images, videos, & other files related to the website. Web space is generally scaled in MegaByte (MB) & GigaByte (GB).

2. BANDWIDTH OR DATA TRANSFER –

Many of us believe that the term Bandwidth & Data Transfer are the same entity, but they are different. Bandwidth is the amount of data that can be transferred at a time. While on the other hand, Data Transfer is the actual amount of data transferred at a particular time. While purchasing a Web Hosting plan, you should make sure that your website size & the amount of monthly visitors you have is completely reliable with the plan.

3. FTP ACCESS –

FTP, also known as File Transfer Protocol is used to transfer your website data from your computer to the server. It is also used for downloading your website files from the server to your computer. It can also be used for manually backing up your website to your computer.

4. E-MAIL ACCOUNTS –

It is the common feature of Web Hosting. It allows you to create a branded email address according to your domain. You can also send emails through various methods, i.e. POP & IMAP.

Types of Web Hosting?

There are many types of Web Hosting –

Shared Web Hosting
Managed Hosting
Dedicated Hosting
Colocation Web Hosting
VPS (Virtual Private Server)
Reseller Hosting

There are more types of Web Hosting, we will talk about all of them in future posts. We will also talk about all features in detail, how to manage it. So, don’t forget to bookmark this website (or page).

Thanks for reading!